Power_plants: Geothermal Power Plants in the Great Basin

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION


  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
      Publication_Date: 20040801
      Title: Geothermal Power Plants in the Great Basin
      Edition: 1
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Reno, NV
        Publisher: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
      Other_Citation_Details:
      Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: 
          Publication_Date: 
          Title: 
          Publication_Information:
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          Online_Linkage: 
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Point shapefile that contains all electric power producing
      power plants in the Great Basin as of March, 2003.
    Purpose:
      For geologic, mineral, or geothermal exploration
      For targeting high-temperature geothermal systems
      Geothermal Power Generation
    Supplemental_Information:
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 
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    Currentness_Reference: 
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -276305.3807
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: 383113.5927
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 4797259.2724
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 4295226.8483
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Geothermal
      Theme_Keyword: Hot Springs
      Theme_Keyword: Geothermal Power
      Theme_Keyword: Electricity
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Great Basin
      Place_Keyword: Nevada
      Place_Keyword: Western United States
  Access_Constraints:
  Use_Constraints: This 
	spatial information was derived from a variety of sources.  Care was taken 
	in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is".  The Great 
	Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of 
	the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, 
	or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are 
	no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set. 
    
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
        Contact_Person: Richard Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province: NV
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 M-F Pacific Time
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    ArcView version 3.3 shapefile format

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION


  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      unknown
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
  Completeness_Report:
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        unknown
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        unknown
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
          Publication_Date: 2002
          Title: geosysNV
          Edition: 1
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Reno, NV
            Publisher: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
          Other_Citation_Details:
            see above
          Online_Linkage: HTTP://www.unr.edu/Geothermal/
          Larger_Work_Citation:
            Citation_Information:
              Originator: 
              Publication_Date: 
              Title: 
              Publication_Information:
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                Publisher: 
              Online_Linkage: 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 
      Type_of_Source_Media: 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 
            Ending_Date: 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: current
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Source_Contribution:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Date: 
      Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Person_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
            Contact_Person: 
          Contact_Position: 
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing and physical address
            Address: 
            City: Reno
            State_or_Province: NV
            Postal_Code: 89557
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          Hours_of_Service: 

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION


  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 16

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

 
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Map_Projection:
        Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
        Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
          Standard_Parallel: 33.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
          False_Easting: 0.000000
          False_Northing: 0.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 33.000000
          Standard_Parallel: 45.000000
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.000000
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
          False_Easting: 0.000000
          False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 
          Ordinate_Resolution: 
        Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4000000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98


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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION


  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Description of fields in the attribute table database:
      Id: Identification number
      Name: Name of power plant or location
      Power: Rated capacity in Megawatts. Source of data for
      Nevada power plants is the Nevada Division of Minerals
      Geothermal Update of March, 2003.
      Mag_ext: Classification of geothermal system. Mag =
      “Magmatic” geothermal system, meaning that the source of
      heat is believed to be a magma at depth or a recently
      solidified intrusion at depth. Ext = “Extensional”
      geothermal system, meaning that the source of heat is
      believed to be the earth’s crust, and that the reason the
      water is high-temperature is because of active faults which
      allow groundwaters to penetrate deeply into the crust,
      where a high temperature gradient can heat the waters to
      high temperatures.
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    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION


  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
        Contact_Person: Richard E. Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province:NV 
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone:775-784-7055 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5, M-F, Pacific Time
  Resource_Description:
  Distribution_Liability:This 
	spatial information was derived from a variety of sources.  Care was taken 
	in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is".  The Great 
	Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, the University of Nevada, Reno or any of 
	the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, 
	or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are 
	no warranties, expressed or implied, accompanying this data set. 
    
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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION


  Metadata_Date: 8/16/2004
  Metadata_Review_Date: 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy 
        Contact_Person: Richard E. Zehner
      Contact_Position: Research Scientist/Assistant GIS Specialist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
        Address: MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno
        City: Reno
        State_or_Province:NV 
        Postal_Code: 89557
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 775-784-7055 
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zehner@unr.edu
      Hours_of_Service: 8-5 M-F Pacific Time
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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Additional Information


 power_plants.shp 
(shapefile):


Title:  Geothermal Power plants in the Great Basin.


Description:  Contains all electric-power producing 
power plants in the Great Basin as of March, 2003.


Description of fields in the 
attribute table database:



Id: Identification number



Name: Name of power plant or location



Power: Rated capacity in Megawatts.  
Source of data for Nevada power plants is the Nevada Division of Minerals 
Geothermal Update of March, 2003.




Mag_ext: Classification of geothermal system.  Mag = “Magmatic” geothermal 
system, meaning that the source of heat is believed to be a magma at depth or a 
recently solidified intrusion at depth.  Ext = “Extensional” geothermal system, 
meaning that the source of heat is believed to be the earth’s crust, and that 
the reason the water is high-temperature is because of active faults which allow 
groundwaters to penetrate deeply into the crust, where a high temperature 
gradient can heat the waters to high temperatures.

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